Convert Tasks to GitHub Issues

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Converts tasks from tasks.md into GitHub Issues with labels and dependencies ordered by phase. Perfect for GitHub export and project board management.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
406/2/2026
Claude Code
#github-issues#task-conversion#dependency-linking#project-tracking#automation

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Our review

This skill converts structured tasks from a tasks.md file into GitHub Issues, automatically assigning labels and linking dependencies.

Strengths

  • Automates issue creation from task definitions.
  • Supports parallel dispatch for efficiency.
  • Handles labels and dependency links systematically.

Limitations

  • Requires a GitHub remote URL.
  • Depends on gh CLI or curl; may fail if not configured.
  • Only works with the specific tasks.md format.
When to use it

Use when you have a detailed task list in markdown and need to transfer it to GitHub Issues for team tracking.

When not to use it

Do not use if your tasks are already in another system, if you don't have a GitHub repository, or if you need fine-grained issue templates.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill uses bash scripts and GitHub CLI/API to create issues from a local markdown file. No destructive or exfiltrating commands are present. It validates the remote is a GitHub URL before proceeding, preventing misuse. The risk is minimal.

No concerns found

Examples

Convert tasks to issues
Convert the tasks from tasks.md into GitHub issues for our project, ensuring proper labels and dependency linking.
Export tasks in parallel
Run the tasks-to-issues script to create issues in parallel, grouping by phase.
Create issues for user stories
Create GitHub issues from the tasks.md file, labeling each with its user story number and phase.

name: iikit-08-taskstoissues description: >- Convert tasks from tasks.md into GitHub Issues with labels and dependencies. Use when exporting work items to GitHub, setting up project boards, or assigning tasks to team members. license: MIT metadata: version: "1.6.4"

Intent Integrity Kit Tasks to Issues

Convert existing tasks into dependency-ordered GitHub issues for project tracking.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).

Prerequisites Check

  1. Run prerequisites check:

    bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --phase 08 --json
    

    Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/check-prerequisites.ps1 -Phase 08 -Json

  2. Parse JSON for FEATURE_DIR and AVAILABLE_DOCS. Extract path to tasks.md.

  3. If JSON contains needs_selection: true: present the features array as a numbered table (name and stage columns). Follow the options presentation pattern in conversation-guide.md. After user selects, run:

    bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/set-active-feature.sh --json <selection>
    

    Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/set-active-feature.ps1 -Json <selection>

    Then re-run the prerequisites check from step 1.

GitHub Remote Validation

git config --get remote.origin.url

CRITICAL: Only proceed if remote is a GitHub URL (git@github.com: or https://github.com/). Otherwise ERROR.

Execution Flow

1. Parse tasks.md

Extract: Task IDs, descriptions, phase groupings, parallel markers [P], user story labels [USn], dependencies.

2. Create GitHub Issues

Title format: [FeatureID/TaskID] [Story] Description — feature-id extracted from FEATURE_DIR (e.g. 001-user-auth).

Body: use template from issue-body-template.md. Labels (create if needed): iikit, phase-N, us-N, parallel.

3. Create Issues (parallel)

Use the Task tool to dispatch issue creation in parallel — one subagent per chunk of tasks (split by phase or user story). Each subagent receives:

  • The chunk of tasks to create issues for
  • The feature-id, repo owner/name, and label set
  • Instructions to use gh issue create if available, otherwise curl the GitHub API
# Preferred:
gh issue create --title "[001-user-auth/T012] [US1] Create User model" --body "..." --label "iikit,phase-3,us-1"

CRITICAL: Never create issues in repositories that don't match the remote URL. Verify before dispatching.

Collect all created issue numbers from subagents. Verify all returned successfully before proceeding. If some failed: report failures, continue with successful issues only.

4. Link Dependencies

After all issues exist, edit bodies to add cross-references using #NNN syntax. Skip dependency links for any issues that failed to create.

Report

Output: issues created (count + numbers), failures (count + details), link to repo issues list.

Error Handling

| Condition | Response | |-----------|----------| | Not a GitHub remote | STOP with error | | Issue creation fails | Report, continue with remaining issues | | Partial failure | Link dependencies for successful issues only |

Next Steps

Run: bash .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/bash/next-step.sh --phase 08 --json Windows: pwsh .tessl/tiles/tessl-labs/intent-integrity-kit/skills/iikit-core/scripts/powershell/next-step.ps1 -Phase 08 -Json

Parse the JSON and present:

  1. next_step will be null (workflow complete)
  2. If alt_steps non-empty: list as alternatives
  3. Append dashboard link

If on a feature branch, offer to merge:

  • A) Merge locally: git checkout main && git merge <branch>
  • B) Create PR: gh pr create
  • C) Skip: user will handle it

Format:

Issues exported! Review in GitHub, assign team members, add to project boards.
- Dashboard: file://$(pwd)/.specify/dashboard.html (resolve the path)
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